Quotes About Influence

I grew up with a lot of classical music around.

I love Western classical music - I grew up on that thanks to my parents who loved it too.

My songs are classics.

I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.'

My mom's the one I look up to for everything. I feel like I'm a lump of clay and she's moulding me into a woman.

Europe should speak more effectively and clearly with one voice in the world.

I'm trying to be the Dr. Dre of Cleveland.

With anything that happens in Cleveland, I always get involved.

As cliche as it is, I was a huge Audrey Hepburn girl growing up.

My mother sent me to art classes at the age of 11. I began to have kids around me say, 'Will you make drawings for me? Will you make a painting for me?' And it really clicked.

I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world.

I think part of my business problems stemmed from a feeling that I had to be more than a good climber, that I had to do something more 'meaningful.' And that may come from my father.

Bill Clinton is the greatest president of my lifetime. Period.

I like Bill Clinton.

Ms. Clinton - Mrs. Clinton, I should say - she's a favorite of mine.

I assure, the door to politics is never closed. Whatever medium is necessary to reach the masses, I will take that - be it cinema or politics.

As far as I'm concerned, the book's never closed with Sabbath!

Those are two artists that I worked with real closely. Me and Miley are real close, me and Future are real close.

At the end of the day, I connect very closely with the youth. I love the youth. I love the young people.

I did say that I wanted to be a young mom, just because my mom was a young mom. It is better because I can be closer to my kids and stuff.

I feel like me and YG are the closest to Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that people are gonna get.

My fans come tell me I'm their 2Pac. Their mamas who love 2Pac come tell me that I'm the closest to 2Pac.

The closest thing to religion our family had was worshipping The Beatles.

I think they called me the closest thing to a God of the Internet.